Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-02-05
NEW YORK,S FREIGHT RuOCk ABE.
The Situation Much Worse thfs Morn.
ing Than ft Was YESTERDAY.

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-The freight blockade on the
river front is worse this morning than it was yes
terday afternoon. In many Instances the truck.
men left their wagons I'm the line and took the
horses TO stable and came back and slept ON the
truck. In Roosevelt square at O'Clock there was
not space for another truck. The majority OF these
men were waiting TO unload on the CLYDE line pier
next to Roosevelt ferry. The men on the pier were
still engaged in unloading the Steamer Seminole,
which by this time should have been ready for
sailing. She was advertised TO sail to-day. When
she will receive the enormous Quantity OF freight
that is now on trucks In front or the pier no one
can tell. Many OF the men on that dock to-day
sufficient TO incapacitate any green hand. outside
the dock the legend 100 men wanted, 30 cents
per hour" still hangs
The Mallory Line was in little or no better con-
dition. The steamer Alamo which has been an
nounced as being ready TO sail nearly every day
tne past Week, & is at the dock with the cargo In,
Friday. This morning men were at work on her
freight. The Lampasas was laid up on the other
to-day few green hands were wrestling with
bales OF cotton In her hatches The street and
slips In front OF the pier were lined with trucks
work in preventing the truckmen from fighting TO
get on the pier out of their turn. Some OF the
men had been on their trucks all night. The
very little freight was offered.
AT the New Haven freight line dock the same
bulkhead was to be seen, while the Baltimore and
Ohio was receiving freight for Washington and
Delaware generally. The Red 'sDD line gates were
closed. Their steamer Caracas should sail to
day, but il is doubted whether She Will do so.
Peck Slip, in front OF the Hartford freight line,
pier %, was full OF trucks waiting their turn To un-
load. outside the pier and on IL were piled up big
boxes and bales. A few men were at work. Tho
Hartford and springfield line, pier "a was fn a
similar condition. ON the Ward line the same
dinculty 10 move freight was apparent Pier 4,
the Erie freight line, was almost deserted. ON
the North river the blockade was much worse
than on the East side.
The announcement by most OF the companies
that they would be In position TO receive freight
caused big rush, but when some OF the truck
men, having waited all day yesterday, and then
unhftched their horses and returned home report
ed that there was no sign OF their being able 10
discharge, the merchants saw how useless IL was
TO attempt TO ship freight In large quantities One
driver In front OF Morgans dock said he loaded up
at Thurbers yesterday at grOclock. His truck had
been I'm line ever since that time and at O'Clock
this morning there were Is men ahead OF him.
This is only one OF many instances Of a similar
nature e. From pier 1 Of the Pennsylyania Ivan llne:
Battery Place TO Broadway. At pier =,
the Lehigh Valley railroad opened two
.'Locai freight only received" There were o few
Italians on the pier at work. Pier or the Alex
andre line was closed; pier had several gangs of
freight from two trucks at the bulkhead was get
ting all mixed, but the dOckmaster stated that
Union and Empire line freight was being shipped
all right. Ii was stated that at one OF the PENN
sylvania piers freight was being dumped into the
cars Unfortunately, to be sorted I'm transit The
O'Clock, except for one door. The freight ofYer,d
could not be handled. The jam OF trucks extended
from ph TO pier 16, and II was almost Impossible
for the cars TO get along.